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Thank you very much PeterK for the links. These are great!!! Hey bigmack I don't enjoy having to use Chemwatch, which i have heard is the consensus with state schools here in Qld and beyond. How are you finding the new job (and probably new area) and where about in QLd are you please? LOL , I don't...

Feed some to Year 8? Probably wouldn’t take much convincing ….. but no :cheesy: iodine test for starch? Brilliant Rosalie . I missed the bleeding obvious . Knew one of you would have a suggestion . \:D/ Will test it on Tuesday . I just hate unlabelled things . I get that hazardous stuff must be lab...

I found this tray of ziplocked bags that has something in it that I suspect is cornflower by the feel of when I squish the bag . I've asked HT and she has no idea what it was used for or what it is . Frustrating thing is I have been asked to get 1kg of Cornflower and ziplocked bags for a slime prac ...

Thanks for that Peter .
Just dealing with all this myself for first time in QLD so very timely .

Bigmack - you will get used to Riskassess. A great tool as long as all teachers use it. Happy to share some tips. The labelling feature is worth the subscription on its own. Familia with the Labeling , used that a lot at last school , Bluffing my way through the ordering section , but may ask you s...

LOL , I’ve been back two weeks now Labbie . (QLD Anglican School) First day on the new job and it was Cross country . Was rostered on but Head Teacher said “ No way , you’ll be off on the back foot “ , she made a call and I got to settle in ….. good call on her part …… really needed that . Anyway , ...

Calm before the storm for me Labbie .
Start new job next term . Looking forward but know what a break is too .

Thanks for the enquiry LabbieSeth . Actually I wanted the whole thing . I know a Labbie that has the Cert 4 and stuff but has never worked in a a school environment and has no idea and I thought it would help her as it is specific to what is real outside Pathology world . But as it happens , I have ...

Merilyn1 wrote: ↑27 Mar 2024, 10:03 I only have a hard copy. Keep me in mind if no one comes forward. I am just snowed under to find time try and scan it.

Will do Merilyn .

Doh , I just realised it’s called “Working in Science”

….. eg oxidisers are to be stored a long way from flammables. I remember seeing that when I first read the WHS recommendations on that Merilyn . They said IIRC , a distance no closer that 5 Meters but seeing as my Chem store was barely 3 meters long , I realised you just have to do the best with wh...

In my experience ,most wicks can be evaporated an or washed , but the higher alkanols like Pentanol and Octanol are very "oily" and are almost impossible to clean effectively .And they stink to high heaven :yuck: I found this out the hard way when the Chem teacher decided he now wanted som...

We always had a labeled set of each Spirit lamp . 6 x Methanol , Ethanol , Butanol , Pentanol and Octanol IIRC . I used to empty the remaining alcohol though filter paper back into a special bottle for storage until next year . Could then store the spirit lamps anywhere . Having the same burners mea...

Hi All . I once got a copy of this Manual Emailed to me by a member here many years ago when I was at my old school . I unfortunately no longer have a copy of it . I know it is very old but does anyone still have an electronic version they could Email me . Incidentally it was NSW DET manual that was...

Mat , sorry I was just editing my post above . But in my opinion , that article is very comprehensive but totaly over the Top . The ADG class ( Australian Dangerous Goods) class should give you enough info to deal with storage . DG storage cabnets are expensive . Start off with a Flammable liquids o...

Science Supply Australia and Modern Teaching aids used to have all that info in their printed Catalogs if you have one. It has the dangerous Goods codes. Heres a list I found on the internet . DG list.pdf So Cyclohexane is Class 3 or Flammable liquid ....it would go in your Flammable Liquid Cupboard...

Well actually it was an eye opener for me . And iff’n IEC are following this , there were a few extra issues I had not encountered . Noise . Firstly , Electrical noise . Now , some of you may be aware that for many years I was a TV Technician and using Oscilloscopes was a daily thing . Well , I was ...

I used to pull hearts from the freezer and stick them in a sink of warm water and they would be ready in an hour ir so . However , I think they would be fine if you just left them in cold water overnight . . Stick them back in the fridge when you get in , in the morning until needed. Not had to defr...

Thanks Labbie.

Well the time has come . Today Mrs Bigmack was planing to use the Kundt’s tube but after much disappointment , she still doesn’t trust it …. so , she has asked me to come and help run the prac .
Hopefully she will see that it works .

I worked out how to get the Two holes thing to work to demonstrate how a wind instrument such as a Recorder or flute works . I've also basically written a whole new operating Manual so that a teacher may follow it and get some meaningful results complete with printable work sheets that students can ...